ドイツ

See also: どいつ

Japanese

Alternative spellings
独逸 (dated) 独乙 (obsolete)

Etymology

Listed in some sources as deriving from Dutch Duits (“German”, adjective, noun).[1][2][3] Listed in others as a corruption of German deutsch (“German”, adjective) or Deutsch (“German”, noun).[4] Considering the history of cultural contact (and the final ツ rather than チ), the Dutch derivation is more likely.

Pronunciation

(Tokyo) ドイツ [dóꜜìtsù] (Atamadaka – [1])[5][6]
IPA^(key): [do̞it͡sɨᵝ]

Homophone: どいつ

Proper noun

ドイツ • (Doitsu)

Germany (a country)
- 1996 February 25 [Aug 9 1995], Watsuki, Nobuhiro, “第(だい)四(よん)十(じゅう)四(よん)幕(まく)　「心(しん)配(ぱい)無(む)用(よう)」 [Act 44: “Nothing to Worry About”]”, in るろうに剣(けん)心(しん)　—明(めい)治(じ)剣(けん)客(かく)浪(ろ)漫(まん)譚(たん)— [Rurōni Kenshin: Ballad of a Meiji Swordsroamer], volume 6 (fiction), 3rd edition, Tokyo: Shueisha, →ISBN, pages 95–96:
  いろいろと考(かんが)えたのですが　実(じつ)は　私(わたし)　由(ゆ)太(た)郎(ろう)を連(つ)れて独(ド)逸(イツ)へ行(い)く事(こと)に決(き)めました
  Iroiro to kangaeta no desu ga jitsu wa watashi Yutarō o tsurete Doitsu e iku koto ni kimemashita
  I've thought it over carefully, and I’ve decided to go to Germany with Yutarō.
  独(ド)逸(イツ)⁉
  Doitsu⁉
  Germany!?
  独(ド)逸(イツ)は　今(いま)　世(せ)界(かい)で一(いち)番(ばん)医(い)学(がく)が進(すす)んだ国(くに)です　そこで　治(ち)療(りょう)に専(せん)念(ねん)すればあるいは…と思(おも)いまして
  Doitsu wa ima sekai de ichiban igaku ga susunda kuni desu Soko de chiryō ni sennen sureba arui wa…to omoimashite
  Germany is currently the leading nation in medicine, so I thought if he received treatment there, then maybe...

Usage notes

This kanji spelling 独逸 is rarely used in its full form, but its abbreviation 独 is often used.

Derived terms

ドイツ語(ご) (Doitsu-go, “German language”)
ドイツ人(じん) (Doitsu-jin, “German person”)
ドイツマルク (Doitsu maruku, “Deutsche Mark”)
ドイツ民主共和国(みんしゅきょうわこく) (Doitsu Minshu Kyōwakoku, “German Democratic Republic”, former East Germany)
ドイツ連邦共和国(れんぽうきょうわこく) (Doitsu Renpō Kyōwakoku, “Federal Republic of Germany”)

References

1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN
1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN
2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1984, 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, relevant text online here.
1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN
1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN

[1] 1995, 大辞泉 (Daijisen) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, →ISBN

[2] 1998, 広辞苑 (Kōjien), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Iwanami Shoten, →ISBN

[DJR-3] 2006, 大辞林 (Daijirin), Third Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[4] 1984, 日本大百科全書：ニッポニカ (Nippon Dai Hyakka Zensho: Nipponica, “Encyclopedia Nipponica”) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Shogakukan, relevant text online here.

[SMK5-5] 1997, 新明解国語辞典 (Shin Meikai Kokugo Jiten), Fifth Edition (in Japanese), Tōkyō: Sanseidō, →ISBN

[NHK-6] 1998, NHK日本語発音アクセント辞典 (NHK Japanese Pronunciation Accent Dictionary) (in Japanese), Tōkyō: NHK, →ISBN